Labor

BRIEFCASE

October 24, 1991

LABOR LEADERS for the largest unionized group at Walt Disney World said Wednesday that they and Disney remain far apart on wage talks. Disney offered members of the Service Trades Council a wage increase of 2 percent annually for each of the contract's three years. Labor leaders would say only that they continue to seek an ''ample'' increase for their 17,700 members. They acknowledged, though, that they have reduced their initial pay demand. Workers covered under the bargaining agreement are paid between $5.35 and $11.55 an hour. A majority - 72.3 percent - are concentrated in the lowest pay grade, where hourly salaries range from $5.35 an hour to $7.75. Bargaining is to continue today.